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DurwinBurger King gave candy to a worker has worked for more than 20 years.
The Whopper, which was first introduced in 1957, was a quarter-pound, oversized burger on a vast five-inch bun that cost a reasonable 29 cents.Large corporations can be cruel and uncaring. They often claim to care about their employees, but sometimes the reality can be quite different. This is the story of Kevin Ford, a cook and cashier at Burger King who had worked tirelessly for over two decades. To celebrate his remarkable feat of never taking a sick day, Burger King decided to shower him ...
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So you must be thinking: what in the blue hell is breakfast octopus?
Is it an English breakfast served with a side of seafood?
Is it a live octopus that accompanies you during breakfast?
Not quite.
Its “Mediterranean octopus prepared with potatoes, bacon, green garlic yogurt, and a poached egg”.
I have to admit, it’s not a normal thing to have that for breakfast.
But as an Asian, octopus, calamari or generic seafood isn’t too exotic for our tummies.
But for Jeff Bezos, the richest man alive (previously), it is an outlier from his usual healthy breakfast fare.
Back in 2010, Matt Rutledge, sold his daily-deals e-commerce company, Woot, to Amazon for $110M.
Thereafter, he flew down from Dallas to Seattle in 2014, to meet with Jeff after the deal was signed.
Apparently, Jeff was horrible at banter and didn’t have an agenda for the meeting at all.
Awkward.
When it came time to order, Jeff selected the breakfast octopus (shocker) and when Matt asked why, he said: “You’re the octopus that I’m having for breakfast,” Bezos said. “When I look at the menu, you’re the thing I don’t understand, the thing I’ve never had. I must have the breakfast octopus.”
Mind-blown.
That is the strangest reply I have ever heard.
Made me chuckle.
I can’t decide if it Jeff flexing or he genuinely thinks this way.
He literally compared Matt to an octopus he is having for breakfast.
Was he saying Matt / Woot was the unknown he had to acquire to understand better?
Was he showing that he was the adventurous type that braves the unknown?
Perhaps he was just sarcastic?
In any case, Matt left Amazon shortly. ”The pressures of operating under and reporting to Amazon had started changing Woot’s fundamental style, and Rutledge wanted to get out. Amazon bought Woot because Bezos didn’t understand it and thought it was exciting, but instead of embracing Woot’s style and learning from it, Amazon changed it.”
You what’s the fascinating thing about this story?
That it not a “happily ever after” or have a “positive morale of the story”
Jeff is a killer.
In business and in life.
He goes for the throat and gets what he wants.
He bought Woot not because he wanted to integrate it or learn from it.
He bought it simply because he didn’t understand it.
And for that, he needs to have it.
Just like that breakfast octopus.
Oh and remember:
“Before it can be eaten, generally, the breakfast octopus must be killed.”
Hmm.
Maybe we should all find out what’s our “breakfast octopus” and eat it.
Conquer our fears, rise to the challenges and discover the unknowns that are holding us back.
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Would you try Breakfast Octopus?
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#startups #business #startupx #growth #success #socialmedia #culture #entrepreneurship #strategy #jeffbezos #octopus #mattrutledge #amazon #unknown #breakfastoctopus #founders
So you must be thinking: what in the blue hell is breakfast octopus?
Is it an English breakfast served with a side of seafood?
Is it a live octopus that accompanies you during breakfast?
Not quite.
Its “Mediterranean octopus prepared with potatoes, bacon, green garlic yogurt, and a poached egg”.
I have to admit, it’s not a normal thing to have that for breakfast.
But as an Asian, octopus, calamari or generic seafood isn’t too exotic for our tummies.
But for Jeff Bezos, the richest man alive (previously), it is an outlier from his usual healthy breakfast fare.
Back in 2010, Matt Rutledge, sold his daily-deals e-commerce company, Woot, to Amazon for $110M.
Thereafter, he flew down from Dallas to Seattle in 2014, to meet with Jeff after the deal was signed.
Apparently, Jeff was horrible at banter and didn’t have an agenda for the meeting at all.
Awkward.
When it came time to order, Jeff selected the breakfast octopus (shocker) and when Matt asked why, he said: “You’re the octopus that I’m having for breakfast,” Bezos said. “When I look at the menu, you’re the thing I don’t understand, the thing I’ve never had. I must have the breakfast octopus.”
Mind-blown.
That is the strangest reply I have ever heard.
Made me chuckle.
I can’t decide if it Jeff flexing or he genuinely thinks this way.
He literally compared Matt to an octopus he is having for breakfast.
Was he saying Matt / Woot was the unknown he had to acquire to understand better?
Was he showing that he was the adventurous type that braves the unknown?
Perhaps he was just sarcastic?
In any case, Matt left Amazon shortly. ”The pressures of operating under and reporting to Amazon had started changing Woot’s fundamental style, and Rutledge wanted to get out. Amazon bought Woot because Bezos didn’t understand it and thought it was exciting, but instead of embracing Woot’s style and learning from it, Amazon changed it.”
You what’s the fascinating thing about this story?
That it not a “happily ever after” or have a “positive morale of the story”
Jeff is a killer.
In business and in life.
He goes for the throat and gets what he wants.
He bought Woot not because he wanted to integrate it or learn from it.
He bought it simply because he didn’t understand it.
And for that, he needs to have it.
Just like that breakfast octopus.
Oh and remember:
“Before it can be eaten, generally, the breakfast octopus must be killed.”
Hmm.
Maybe we should all find out what’s our “breakfast octopus” and eat it.
Conquer our fears, rise to the challenges and discover the unknowns that are holding us back.
-
Would you try Breakfast Octopus?
-
#startups #business #startupx #growth #success #socialmedia #culture #entrepreneurship #strategy #jeffbezos #octopus #mattrutledge #amazon #unknown #breakfastoctopus #founders
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